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  1. Jamil MT, Ismail NZ, Zulkifli AB, Majid NA, Van Rostenberghe H
    J Paediatr Child Health, 2011 Jun;47(6):346-9.
    PMID: 21309884 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01989.x
    AIM: To determine the rate, causes and risk factors of non-attendance to the paediatric clinic in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia and to determine the efficacy of one telephone call to confirm a new appointment.
    METHODS: For all non-attending patients, during a 2-month period, a pro forma was filled up based on patients' records. During a phone call, additional questions were asked, and a new appointment was offered.
    RESULTS: Of 1563 patients who had an appointment, 497 (31.8%) were non-attendees. Weather conditions, the sub-specialty and timing (morning or afternoon) had a significant effect on non-attendance. Forgetfulness was the main cause. Only 160 patients could be successfully contacted. Among the contactable patients, 55 already had an appointment, and 10 had reasons not to get a new appointment. Of the 95 remaining patients, 73 (76.8%) attended the new appointment.
    CONCLUSION: The non-attendance rate was high. One telephone call had a reasonable efficacy for the contactable patients, but because a high number of patients were not contactable, overall effectiveness was poor.
    Study site: Paediatric clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Kelantan, Malaysia,
  2. Khairul Baqir Alkhair Khairul Amin, Oskar Hasdinor Hassan, Sharifah Aminah Syed Mohamed, Yap Kian, Chung Andrew, Zulkifli Ab. Rahma, Hazlini Mohmad Ameran, et al.
    MyJurnal
    io-electricity generation by Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) has gained considerable attention due to
    its integration with wastewater treatment such as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). Investigation
    into pH effect and determination of optimal pH value ranges growth for acidogenic, acetogenic
    and methanogenic by natural mixed culture
    electroactive bacteria (exoelectrogens) growth
    in original non-Deoxygenated Mixed POME
    (nDMP) and Deoxygenated Mixed POME (DMP)
    in MFC was carried out. Current generation,
    power generation and maximum power were
    also monitored. Experimental results show that
    exoelectrogens in nDMP with pH 6.8 yielded the
    highest current generation of 61.51 mAm-2 and
    maximum power of 17.63 mWm-2. Overall, nDMP
    substrates with 3 pH ranges (5.5, 6.8 and 8.0)
    showed equal potential to generate power that is
    higher than DMP substrates. Comparison carried
    out for inter DMP substrates demonstrated that
    DMP with pH 6.8 and DMP with pH 8.0 showed equal potential to generate power, but not for DMP with pH 5.5. Subsequently, nDMP with pH 6.8 and
    nDMP with pH 8.0 showed equal potential for higher maximum power compared to nDMP with pH
    5.5 and DMP substrates. This finding indicates that mixed microbial communities in DMP substrate
    are dominant with obligate anaerobic exoelectrogens bacteria which have less capability to generate
    electricity compared to nDMP substrate that was dominated by the aerotolerant and/or facultative
    anaerobic exoelectrogens bacteria.
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